Chapter 2 Simpson

ROBERT SIMPSON(1806–1849)

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The 1841 census shows that at that time Robert & Betsey Simpson had six children:- ...

Dianah	born 1832

Lance	born 1833

Moses	born 1835 Died 1844

Edward	born 1837

Jane	born 1839

Mary	born 1841

Robert was just 43 years old when he died at Seamer in 1849. He was buried at Seamer on 15th November 1849

In the 1851 census, Betsey, 37 years old and a widow, was living in High Street, Seamer, with her children, who were:-

Mary	born 1841

Eliza	born 15th September 1842

Sarah	born 1845

Margaret	born 1846 Died 1852

Moses	born 1849

Martha	born 1849

All of them were born at Seamer.

On the 20th March 1862 ELIZA SIMPSON gave birth to a son, Harry, at home in Seamer.

The identity of the father is not known, but the child was christened Simpson.

Eliza married SAMSON BELLCHAMBERS (born 1846 at Caterham, Surrey) at Scarborough in 1868

It would seem that before 1869 Eliza had moved to Surrey with her husband Samson, leaving her child Harry Simpson to be brought up by her mother Elizabeth (Betsey) Simpson.

(The 1881 census shows Eliza & Samson living at Harveys Lane, Morrisons Lodge, Thorpe, Next Norwich, Norfolk with their family of seven children, the first three born at Caterham, Surrey & the last four born at Mulbarton, Norfolk) – (Many thanks to Ian Worthington for info about Eliza & Samson)

Betsey was still living in Seamer in 1871. Her grandson Harry Simpson (born 1862) was living with her. The date of Betsey’s death is not known at this time.

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